[Da Bilge Troll]

This monument is not going down easily.

[Bogie]

Try it with Grant’s tomb, and the whole system is cooked.

[Ray76]

Is there a group pushing the city into this?

[dp0622]

I’m from NYC and this is bull ####.

Should have never let them take the FIRST statue down ANYWHERE.

[PROCON]

[cabbieguy]

The left in this country is no different than the Taliban in Afghanistan, destroying historical monuments that don't fit their ideology.

[Eternal_Bear]

Actually St louis is not a good place for a Confederate monument as the city was a stronghold for Unionists during the Civil War. In fact, St louis kept Missouri in the Union. Southern Missouri is a far better place for Confederate monuments.

[Fido969]

Crazy Dillon Roof shoots up a church prayer meeting, and we need to remove all the Confederate monuments. A crazed Bernie supporter shoot up a Republican gathering and it’s Trump’s fault.

[grania]

It isn't even rational that blacks want memories of the Civil War and slavery removed. They're testimony to what some of their ancestors endured, and that they persevered. It's in their DNA...the strength, endurance and survival skills slaves had to have. Besides that the blues, baseball and a tradition in the arts were all positively impacted by the Civil War and slavery. The message should be "we're survivors and stronger for it". Instead they're erasing that legacy.

I don't hear Irish people demanding that museums celebrating the industrial revolution be destroyed because their ancestors were indentured servants. My 25% Irish says I want to know all I can about that.

[fwdude]

Can we just remove the leftists instead?

[Timpanagos1]

It could be an Activist Court interfering with a decision of the elected city council of St. Louis.

But, from a quick glance, it would seem the park land belongs to the city and the city can decide what monuments are in their park.

[alternatives?]

Maybe we can get Arkansas totally in Republican hands and threaten to tear down the Clinton library.